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I can fit in wherever (PL/SL). Assuming I'm not dying of sunburn - supposed to be hanging out in Hyde Park on Saturday with a bunch of animators. We don't get many opportunities to tan is all I'm saying.

It seems we're a bit sleepy for this CtA, i don't see much activity in the thread. Wake up people, it's next Sunday !

Do we agree that we're not using Dewi's coms system ? (he seems to imply in his answer to my post). If so, do we use the usual setup (StratGir with added SG), or the one that Quanta introduced during last CtA (Platoon operator between SG and PL) ? I'm not sure what platoons leaders thought about it, some seemed ok, and some seemed very frustrated with it.

Do we agree that we're not using Dewi's coms system ? (he seems to imply in his answer to my post). If so, do we use the usual setup (StratGir with added SG), or the one that Quanta introduced during last CtA (Platoon operator between SG and PL) ? I'm not sure what platoons leaders thought about it, some seemed ok, and some seemed very frustrated with it.

The one QuantaCat used, although having its merits, is no longer alive, IIRC. It's possible that RED is still in its "all-in-one" state, but otherwise, channels have been restored--I think. Someone needs to verify this. Someone who is not me, perhaps.

There is a good alternative to using either Dewi's system or the old one (woth SLs and ROs) and that is using a middle route between the two. It would be easy to combine things so that the "war council" from last StratGir is kept intact, while retaining ROs as PL's contact person in each squad, and leaving SLs in their own command loop, as before. That would make PLs more engaged in high-level strategy, and give them more people to talk to, while leaving squads free to do their jobs as on previous Calls to Arms.

Letting PLs keep their talk to whole platoon bind requires a little bit of fiddling, but otherwise, this might turn out really well, I think. I think I'll be home in time to implement this in time for StratGir, if people want to try it then. Or for weekend play.

The one QuantaCat used, although having its merits, is no longer alive, IIRC. It's possible that RED is still in its "all-in-one" state, but otherwise, channels have been restored--I think. Someone needs to verify this. Someone who is not me, perhaps.

There is a good alternative to using either Dewi's system or the old one (woth SLs and ROs) and that is using a middle route between the two. It would be easy to combine things so that the "war council" from last StratGir is kept intact, while retaining ROs as PL's contact person in each squad, and leaving SLs in their own command loop, as before. That would make PLs more engaged in high-level strategy, and give them more people to talk to, while leaving squads free to do their jobs as on previous Calls to Arms.

Letting PLs keep their talk to whole platoon bind requires a little bit of fiddling, but otherwise, this might turn out really well, I think. I think I'll be home in time to implement this in time for StratGir, if people want to try it then. Or for weekend play.

I dont view you as annoying or loud.... But maybe thats because im annoying and loud too? :| Oh the painful realisation!

Originally Posted by EsotericReverie

Organisation stuff

I dont know why we deviated from the PL SL RO system that we had originally agonised over last time.
Surely the best solution is to simply have the old setup, but add duplicates of the setup as we need them... Like we have done before.

Any cross communication between them can just filter up through to the several PLs, can it not? After all, the supremes have the final call on the general decision making during CTA, so that frees up enough brain space for PLs to handle comms better.

I would recommend we keep each platoon in the same format, I felt it was far too complicated the last time, plus smaller channels means newbies will feel more able to ask questions. People new to a group will shy away from speaking if the group is too large

Spreadsheet created! I've scoured all 3 CtA threads and put names down of people who signed up. Sorry if I missed anyone! Feel free to add your names down here, the platoons themselves will be sorted closer to Sunday:

Im thinking that I might be part of the air squad, though I wouldnt consider myself proficient enough to lead the air squad tbh, so if anything, id probably like to fill the role of backup SL or RO in the case that somebody need me. Basically, consider all others before shoving me in one of those positions, but I will if needed. Looks like SL wont be a problem, but if more ROs are needed, that might be the best position to fill.

ID quite like to PL and SG at some point during one of these group things, because it seems like more fun to do the job in conjunction with several other platoons about, but I think I should probably give this one a miss, because ive been out of the game quite a while!

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